Willmington , Woolmington, Woolmonton Family History

of Dorset and Somerset England

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Request from mikewry@tpg.com.au

Seeking contacts to help with ancestry and descendants of the Willmington , Woolmington, Woolmonton families of

Yeovil, Barwick and Stoford , Somerset Yetminster, Chardstock, Dorset , England.

My main interests are the ancestors and descendants of

(1) Edith Warry baptised 19 January 1737 daughter of William Warry and Edith Warry married John Woolmington 20 August 1783 Yeovil, Somerset, England

There is a will for an Edith Woolmington 1817 Yeovil with bequest to Grace Goldring. ( Executor Thomas Shorland senior surgeon of Stokes Croft Bristol)

Edith was mentioned in her fathers will and she was also mentioned in the will of her sister Mary Warry who was buried at Hendford, Yeovil 24 April 1817 aged 76 years, another sister Eunice Shorland was also buried at Yeovil 11 March 1821 aged 73 years ( she was at time of death living Stokes Croft, Bristol and was the wife of Dr Thomas Shorland)

Would like to find out the children of John and Edith Woolmington and who Grace Goldring was.

(2) Elizabeth Warry baptised 25 May 1674 Axminster, Devon daughter of William and Elizabeth Warry married Robert Guppy 24 July 1706 Chardstock, Dorset ( Robert’s will proved 6 March 1723 Prebendal Court Chardstock) Roberts parents were Thomas Guppy and Margaret Woolmington (Margaret baptised 17 Oct 1641 daughter of Robert and Joan Woolmington

(3) Eliel Warry baptised 10 June 1827 Barwick, Somerset son of George Warry and Hannah Bartlett Masters married Elizabeth Woolmington 8 February 1848 at Barwick, Somerset . Elizabeths parents were John and Ann Woolmington or Woolmonton of Stoford, Somerset

(4) James Hodges married Rebeckah Woolmonton (or Woolmington) 9 February 1772 Yeovil witnesses John Hodges and William Genge

(5) Will of John Woollmington 1788 Yeoman of Stoford, Somerset he mentions

daughters Rebeckah Hodges, Mary Seward, Jane Woolmington, Hannah Dyor of Kingsdon, Somerset

and sons John Woolmington , James Woolmington , Hugh Woolmington , Benjamin Woolmington , Samuel Woolmington and a granddaughter Elizabeth or Betty Hodges living in the house at Stoford occupied by Samuel Marsh. Witness Thomas Shorland

(6) John Woolmington b 1834 Stoford, Somerset said to have married Susan Bartlett from Closworth, Somerset about 1853

(7) Trying to find out info from wills

Edith Woolmington 1817 Yeovil,

Thomas Woolmington 1854 Yeovil,

Mary Willmington 1803 Yeovil

John Woolmington 1651 Yeoman Wambrook, Dorset

Elizabeth Woollmington 1614 Chardstock